Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-02
4 TO THE TEXAS BAR.
Nual Address Delivered Before tle
n Texas Bar Association by H0no
Ts j. BesII. President.
che Occasion the Sixth Annual Session
Held IN tho City Of Waco on Sop
ttmber -, 1887.

Gentlemen OF the Stale Bar Association:
tT16 constitution makes it incumbent
on the president TO open each meeting Of
TIT association Nth an address, in which
ne shsu communicate the noteworthy
changes il statutory and constitutional
lsw; end, especially, such changes as
effect The development and progress Of
The lazy and the administration cf Justice
The compass OF my address Is thus
marked cat; and, should feel Inclined
to select some suhi CT OF special interest
and TAX ny humble powers for your en-
tertsinment, the occasion must Tep-ess
the desire While | perform the more
practical. il less congeni3l, du.y resting
upon me, Of presenting for your coDsii-
Grafton the noteworthy changes msde in
our statutory laws by the ACTS Of the last
LEGISLATURE.
This involves the consideration CT 3
SUBJECT taat may he fruitful of beneficial
. results 10 the state. aud yet most as
!. suredly dull AID Misunderstanding in lis de-
tails. y subject not st slI calculated to
invite the mind 10 refresh Itself in the
PieTeGn spring, where the MUSES. disport
themselves in every variety Of beauty and
grace, nor To pursue those tuer fields CT
thought, VII re lear9ing uniocks her
Stores in ricn profC sion, Iencs 10 Iitera-
tuTe It's loyelitst Clarms and gives 20
elOqueDCe us most thrilling inspiration.
the Twentieth Legislature met jan
uarY II, A D. 1857, and adj
journed April 4, A. d. 1887;
thus continuing in session nearly :oree
months, during which tine vas made
many noteworthy charges in the law, and
seven Joint resolutions passed amending
the constitution OF the state, which wer t
submitted TO the vote IS the people for
adoption or rejection, on-the first Thurs
day in August last; and, by large and
significant vote, were defeated at the polls
Among the more important changes in
the laws regulating civil proceedings. we
notice the following: a law providing
that any suit for damages, growing out OF
9 wrongful levy OF writs Of attachment o.
representation, may be brought il any
county from which such wTiJs Issued, OF
IN any county n which such levy is
made within this ssste. 4 law
suthor.z;ug wits of sequestratioE il
\ suits or trespsss 10 try title 10 any rea
fpropertv, or 10 fOreclOse the lien upol
any such real property, or for partition
of real property, upon oath being made
\ thst the defendant is Z NONRESIDENT OF In
4 state. An act amending chapter 1, title -
| OF Che Revised Civil Statutes, by sddin!
thereto an article defining the venue O
4 The suits upon breach Of warranty o! title
4 10 lands. which provides that where ii
4 vendors ltshle thereon live in diheTen
\ ,ounties, the plsin,if may bring suit i
Y nYcounty where either OF such vendor
l s6tde. and Join al other vendors in In
suit. An act amending article
snd 4S43 # the Revised Civil Stat
~ il relation TO the Trial Of right {
4 8ertv, which provides that whe
thap one writ has bse
II "a upon the property the bon
y e claimant shall inure to the beneti
u the plaintiffs in the several writ
ii kding 20 their respective pCioritie;
the approval q the pond and d
II Of the property the same is deeme
~ Mstodium legis. ali cs0not be take
H. - ire clsimanl's possession by a.
other ike writ; snd any subsequent writ
II are levied by giving notice, snd, in th'
4 avent. the bond of the claimant inures
1 the benefit of the plaintiff making Il
iayv This set also provides the chara
ter Ut Judgment 10 be rendered upon Il
no,d and the mode OF adjusting Il
eonities OF the plaintiffs in case the prop
n e,.t, iC 1usutIicisnt. & law was passt
|, .rroyiding for the appointment OF receiN
ers safil-i- etheir powers and dutie
t[ug proceedings ind
~ l sment. We regard this
ant law IS it specifies t
- ses in which receive
:, pted; in some OF which,
lot chencery practice,